Customs and Border Protection and Coast Guard Air Station Miami aircrews detected two suspicious and unseawothy vessels in the Florida Straits. The aircrews vectored in Coast Guard surface assets who safely embarked the migrants. The migrants were later transferred to the Margaret Norvell for repatriation.

“The Coast Guard and our partner agencies continue to diligently patrol the waters around the United States to deter illegal migrant activity,” said Capt. Mark Fedor, chief of response enforcement for the Seventh Coast Guard District. “Our main concern is the safety of life at sea. When migrants put their lives in the hands of smugglers, or take to the sea aboard unseaworthy vessels, they put their lives at grave risk.”